1964 Map of Bagwell

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The Texas And Pacific railroad forms the central east-west axis of this Red River County landscape, connecting the primary settlements of Bagwell and Detroit. This mid-1960s survey reveals a rural Texas environment defined by small communities such as Midway and Bluff, interspersed with numerous family and community burial grounds including Longstreet Cem, Dean Cem, and Youngs Chapel Cem. The hydrology is dominated by a network of creeks, such as Scatter Creek and Coal Creek, which feed into Denwiddie Bayou in the north. Evidence of regional infrastructure and industry appears in the form of a major Pipeline, a electrical Substation, and scattered Oil Wells, particularly concentrated near Brooks Lake. Small rural institutions, like Liberty Ch, serve as social anchors for the surrounding agricultural and wooded terrain.